The county lieutenant told Lu Jun and Lu Jun the news he heard from his subordinates.

When Lu Jun and the others heard the county lieutenant say that Liu Zheng's subordinates were actually three or four times as many as the county soldiers under them, they all looked at the county lieutenant with a surprised expression.

Especially when they learned about the other benefits of Liu Zheng's subordinates, they almost blurted out and asked, why was Liu Zheng able to give these soldiers so much money?

However, they still restrained the intention of asking, but they were surprised in their hearts, Liu Zheng actually loved his soldiers so much, and it was rare for such a generous leader to be.

But generosity is generosity, and it takes so much money that others can recruit three or even four times as many soldiers and horses as you can use for the same price as you, although a single soldier may not be able to beat you, but they can outnumber you.

After all, in their troubled times, human life is like a mustard, and the most important thing is human life, so although Liu Zheng can know this method by them, it will not be learned by them, because in the eyes of other princes, the numerical advantage is far greater than the individual advantage.

Liu Zheng is different, Liu Zheng takes the route of elite soldiers. He needed the elite, not the uneven motley army, in which case no matter how many there were, they would not be able to stop the elite division.

Through the uprising of the Yellow Turban Army, Liu Zheng can understand that although the Yellow Turban Army was huge, and even once the participants reached one million, even more than the army of the current dynasty, and every battle was several times or even more than ten times more than the official army's strength, but once the battle was engaged, there would still be defeat soon.

Therefore, the advantage in numbers can really only be at the same level of combat power, and it can only have a little effect, such as the current soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng, the single strength is much stronger than the county soldiers under Lu Jun.

Even the fifth battalion under the command of Wen Ping only needs a few squads of soldiers and horses, and he can easily defeat the thousands of people under Lu Jun.

This is not Liu Zheng's boasting, but Liu Zheng has gone through so many battles and has understood the strength of ordinary soldiers and horses in various counties and counties in the Han Dynasty at this stage.

The soldiers and horses in ordinary county towns are actually not much stronger than the Yellow Turban Army, unless they are orthodox official troops, those regular troops raised by the imperial court, and if there are drills in peacetime and weapons and equipment are readily available, there will be some significant improvement in combat effectiveness.

Otherwise, ordinary county soldiers and county soldiers are really not much different from the Yellow Turban Army, but they just have some more weapons.

And these soldiers under Liu Zheng have now been replaced for several generations, and they have already cultivated their own military souls, plus they have never lacked food, the food is good enough, and they are all young and middle-aged laborers, and their combat effectiveness has been significantly improved.

From the time when Liu Zheng led these men and horses to fight with Sun Jian and Liu Xuan's men in Yangzhou, Liu Zheng had already discovered that he only had 20,000 or 30,000 men under him, but he was able to block the attack of Sun Jian and Liu Xuan's men, adding up to 40,000 or 50,000 people.

This result made Liu Zheng very satisfied, after all, in the encounter in the field, or on the territory of the hostile forces, they were able to block the attack of these people, and finally won the battle, Liu Zheng was very proud.

Lu Jun and Lu Jun were on the way to Lujiang, in addition to the surprise of Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses, there was actually Liu Zheng's personal high opinion.

Along the way, Liu Zheng except for the time to relieve his hands, the rest of the time, is the same as these soldiers, eating and sleeping together, without any preferential treatment, at most others walk, he rides a horse, and don't think that riding a horse can be much better at this time, the butt hurts, and in this bumpy mountain road, there will be back pain.

This kind of Liu Zheng made Lu Jun and Lu Jun, two literati, have different views.

After all, Lu Jun is just a scholar, where does he have the experience of marching and fighting, let him engage in internal affairs, maybe he is still a good hand, but let him lead more than 1,000 people to Lujiang to fight with Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses, it is really a little difficult for him.

However, it was precisely because he saw the strength of Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses that he was sure that with Liu Zheng's help, the group of thieves who attacked Lujiang would not have so many worries.

From Yichun to Lujiang, that is, two days, this is still slow, fast, more than a day is enough.

This place in Lujiang, during the Three Kingdoms period, did not have a particularly high sense of existence, mainly because it belonged to the place where the three states bordered, together with Yuzhou, Jingzhou and Yangzhou.

The Taishou here has relatively large power.

It is precisely because it is the junction of three states and counties that it is also a very chaotic place, and there are often thieves infested.

Yuan Shu's people value this, and the main reason is that he can develop in Yangzhou at the same time, but also be able to take into account Jingzhou, once he sits firmly in Yangzhou, there is this place, and he has the ability to enter other counties and states at any time.

This time, Yuan Shu sent 30,000 soldiers and horses over, wanting to quickly occupy Lujiang County. And he himself has already done it, an army of 30,000 people, like a tide, from Runan County into the Lujiang River, and then easily defeated several small counties in the Lujiang River.

In just three days, he had already led most of the main forces to the city of Lujiang County.

Lu Jiang guarded Lu Kang too much, in fact, he had already learned a few days ago that Yuan Shu's men and horses would kill him, and when he refused Yuan Shu's request for food and grass, he was already prepared.

It's just that he didn't expect Yuan Shu's men and horses to come so quickly.

In addition, Lu Kang's subordinates themselves only have more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, even if they know that Yuan Shu's army is coming, they don't dare to take the initiative to attack, more than 4,000 people, to face Yuan Shu's army of 30,000, it is simply to hit a stone with an egg, and there is no chance of winning.

Therefore, he could only retreat to Lujiang City, looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements.

However, although Lu Kang had no way to take the initiative, he was prepared in advance, and the defensive equipment was readily available for defense, Lu Kang was still very good at it, and after seven or eight days of hard work, the soldiers and horses on Yuan Shu's side were not able to defeat Lujiang City.

This is mainly because the soldiers and horses of Yuan Shu who came to Lujiang are only a small part of the main force, only more than 10,000 people, and the real all the men and horses are scattered all over Lujiang County and attack other county seats.

In Yuan Shu's view, as long as other counties are conquered and a Lujiang county is left, it doesn't matter.

After a long time, there is no need to attack, after the siege of the city, Lu Kang inside will naturally be unbearable, and he can only go out of the city and surrender when the time comes.

Therefore, this is also why Yuan Shu's men and horses are not in a hurry to transfer their own army, but are willing to accompany Lu Kang to spend time here.